The Sixth Alabama cavalry was organized early in 1863, and formed a part of
Clanton's brigade. It served in Florida and was first engaged at Pollard.
Ordered to north Alabama, it took part in the skirmishes near Decatur and in the
Atlanta-Dalton campaign. It fought Rousseau at Ten Islands, where it lost
heavily in killed and captured. Transferred to west Florida, it fought Steele at
Bluff Springs, and also Wilson's column in south Alabama, laying down its arms
at Gainesville.